The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 3 October 1918

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    Masthead
    15 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. THIRD SERIES THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1918, No 1,627,
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    CONTENTS.
    190 1 LIID&83. PAGE Shipping Ii >•••€ 209 Serbta't Aiivanco Sicfftpore'i River 2qq conquering Serb 210 Bulp'Tia R^nten 210 Bulgaria Sa«i for i. ace 210 Hei mjil Vvar Cbarltj 210 n m Loffil nr; \\\j 211 Pbi Baigarian Pati oii POLICL AND COURT NrV/8. lei Mur. v 3 214,215,218,219 S&lettn«a Gbarged
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    PRODUCE
    75 1 oot s. -75 tons) 1149. 87$ 22 00 iia b pc<# 29 25 n-v.x no f c U 8.76 tu,m 8 10 8 00 2 1400 218 i- 0 8 65 t doi ;n»» «*.<>» 17 25 1 kwOMBC per 2 tins 6 6 v ,6 66 r';" PUS
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  • Domestic Occurrences.
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      BIRTHS.
      78 1 Bfi.ojiave.— On Heptember 2'th at th 3 Eurcporn Hosiital, Knala Lampur, to Mr. and Hrt. W. N. C. Helqrave, a daughter. HIWftTT —On tbe 28th Fept. at the Maternity Hopital, Ptnang, to TJr. and Mrs C. F. Hewett. a son. At the European Hospital, Kuala Lumpar, on September 9tb,
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      MARRIAGE.
      57 1 Valgiun Hmith— Palmerston.— At St. Andre v's Presbyterian hnrch, Peuanc, on BfipUmber v7th, by the X v. J. A. t*. Cook, William Henry Vaugh*n Fmith. RungUup Estate, Bagon Lp.toh, eideßt son of Mr. W H. Vau^h-in Kmith, of South China, to Rcsina Mann P.MiMERSTON, ocly daughter of \Jr. acd
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      DEATHS.
      60 1 AMriiY,— On July 2,as a prisoner of war at mihleben. Gfoffi ky Juitas AMKBT. formerly of tho Federated .Via ir.y ta.e* 1 ivil Rervicc, second son of the late Charles F. Amcry, of the Inai/in Forest Service, aged 4S BTUISI33:— Cn Ist October, at 1 10 Kivrr Talley Kaad,
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    THE WEEK'S NEWS.
    283 1 A trail from Home was received here on Monday Sept no with dates to Aug 12. A tmantmoafl v^rdicfi of guilty hne been returned against Liang Ah Tee, the Hokcn'* wbo wus accub^d ol tbe murder of Mr? Sarßh Liebman asd Emi.'e Landau at the Glebe Hotel
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    EXCHANGE
    32 1 ?3SH r»9< Oct 2 3 81 82 I lira* ra 1 I,s It: iftQd fiasl 809 loeai 1 a«aa 53^ p re m wotu ml o& kofin >fl Baal M is <
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    Shipping Losses.
    566 1 Mm* than tU Fwm tkt Ptefle c right ut»*&. Mva4 *T iafnance aad ink-lUd by p»it P^lrtot Trvtk kar t'oHooj t>r*c«p.s Wi< «'< 1W«. Uj^tr and Uv. Sept 23 The? Admiralty returns of shipping I eunk for the month of August appear to-day. In previous months the returns
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    Serbia's Advance.
    257 1 The position of the Allies m their advance into Serbia is extremely interesting They are now m the valleys of Lower Serbia and 6eem m a fair way to establish themselves, having already barred the retreat of the Bnlgars by the railway up the Vardar valley. Lake Doiran
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    Singapore's River
    614 1 Sept 29 The qaestion of tbe improvement of the Singapore River ha 3 been to the fore just lately, firstly m connection with the congestion of the boat traffic, and secondly m connection with the removal of a sink of iniquity from the health point of view. Without
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    • Advertisement
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      149 1 tMcriben to the v Singapore Free Preea** weekly returning from Europe to the Straits 2 my of the mail lines, are invited to send to Ihfc Manager the name of their steamer and date of arrival m Singapore. Copies will then be man. -d to meet them at variotu ports
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    • Advertisement
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      26 1 Water yUfa&^KW m fi om OIL PAINTINGS A SPECIALITY. Apply to The Pioneer Portrait Picture Frame Co. Singapore Agency 10. 38, Finlayson Green, lnr-p.-ctijn luv.te 1.
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    Reconquering Serbia.
    325 2 The considerable success of the Serbian Army m re- conquering now about one half of the kingdom iR a brilliant military txplcit which may have important effects on the further prosecution of the war. By oapturing Ishtip another of tfco gieat valleys is secured The re cor quest
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    Bulgaria Beaten.
    865 2 Sept 30. It. is impossible to ignore the im portanoe of events which have happened on the Eastern fronts. Nor is it possible to avoid^the, conclusion that when the Ftortrj broke over Palestine and Macedonia neither Turkey nor Bulgaria were m a spirit which would have incited them
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    Bulgaria Sues for Peace
    1045 2 Oct 1. It is fairly plain that the suggestions from Bulgaria for an armistice to discuss peace have not only been made authoritatively, but earnestly. The German wireless messages have hinted that the offer of the Premier was made withoat having behind it any weight of
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    Lotteries and War Charity.
    690 2 O t 2. An interesting situation arrvo recently m Parliament which m»v Jiave j* roperoaesive action m Mifay^ debate was inaugurated on the matter of public lotteries m aid of war fnn^ T bill was. as far aa we cm gathr r fro; toe Hansards to
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    Germany Loses an Ally.
    356 3 t i Iden ami <• nvincinrr proof r( thegenoine character of the Bulgarian peace offer rr*c-L< ac today m the statement by R ,i!ei that Bulgaria ba I surrendered Throughout the war the phrasi "R i has generally indioated importao wholiy reliable information and iLe official
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    The Bulgarian Peace. Oct. 3.
    936 3 So remarkable is the general character of the rewd to day that we are almost tempted to think that a wide German retirement uncovering a large part of Bolgium and some of the occupied parts of France is within the campaign possibilities of th'm year.
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    40 3 Fouod banging from t m rho Pott«*€ Coat I coij'.pouti: b uma ii.c Poet Oili 6 b m. fMtetfda; tbb bol> vf un Bo%oovn ruaii) Obioebe a^i reniOTtd to the pub': rourtuurj wbtre it was vie^td by tbo cct outr,
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    POST OFFICE PLOSECUTIONS.
    406 3 Rec ntJy, before Me W Langbatn trier, Li fLc Sai iot tr^. Com there b a been fa tb i protections under Poet Oil)."- Oi i ncs Xc XV i.f IQIS, foe illegal cost ey a cc of let i »m the Colooy I v 'c ibMog
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    BARLOW'S RUBBER REPORT.
    186 3 Singapore, 2nd Get. Binmjtfe-; panting m the local market tiioce iha Aactiona ffbtoh were completed on Hie 86tb ultima bat bata imall, but the mattpt q^nHf.iily hue rAinaiottd fairly ete-^/Jv. lo(otm»ticn h«« uov? betn received tbi:t :be r€«tr^otioDi on thp iaipcrtatioa of Rubber in'o Ajaerioui for xhe
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    187 3 A eale of pip^r» erd tL'ftgazlttef will be ht?!d this eTwtog at 6 fO at the V M C A. The Britlsb Government is InitftUlog b large plaol lor' Ibe nacnfaotiire cf bu'pbate of ammooHi for maoare* The iteamer Ecarvili« bnilt m 1889 for the Stame-e navy m Mu\ latt
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    THE INTELLIGENCE CORPS.
    1361 4 Oae of the most ducuesed, and probab'y the least understood, department* of the war-machine m Franco i« that kuovru ac the Intelligence Corps. It If fnrailiar to and humorouely commenced upon by nearly all racks from Tommy upwards, for tbere is tornethiug tboalitl name thtit Eu^^eete to
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    CHURCH ARMY TENTS.
    242 4 The following exsraots from a letter of Mr Baxendale to the Bishop of Singapore will be read with interest. London, July 12th. We have received details of all oar losses on the Western Fi-out since March list. The sites of the following Malayan Hots are now m
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    124 4 The mauy frieudn m the Straita of Mr Lionel Jehu CroßseU Aod^rNon of the Houfckoog and Bb»ogbftt Back, and Mrs Andersou (ccc Noble) will be *orry fo bear of tbd death of thoir daughter Mary Frances Anderson which took place at Tientsin on July 26 at too ag.) of Ui
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    FOOTBALL.
    361 4 CLUB AND NAVY DRAW. A veiy interesting game of tooonr wft« witnessed oa the Piding last, fv^niiiwhen the Club WM a* borne to r. Navul team. Lining up f icicg the 8 :a, Ih* clnb to k f h h otfetifeive from H:e kick o :t and made a
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    THE ASSIZES.
    281 4 HOKISN CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER, Before Mr Ju3tioe Ebden at tb* fifth Assizes xettetday, Acg Toof, a Hokien was charged with the attempted .nurder of Lim Ana by stubbing hina twice ia the back with a knife and Mr A d« Mello appeared for the defence and pleach
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    S. K. C.
    75 4 At the recent annual general meeting of fcbf? Singapore Recreation Club beld at the Club Pavilion, tho following gentlemen elected officers (or the oasning year President, Mr E Teeseceobn. V T ice-Presiient, Mr C A D-i Siha. Hon secretary, Mr Tboo J L l*> jgsiue. Chairman (Boaid
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    136 4 A corre&poudt'ut m a Ceylon paper wntee tvcm home lam told tb«t newe has come of ladies who have gur. e oat round the Ccpu being detained m .-umbers at the Cape wh^r* the bolel keepers are ■imply ciiKr^'ii iLetii wbut they 1 ke and mo t ixcrbitantly. The best
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    RUBBER POSITION.
    55 4 The Hon See Ovtree fta r^ Rubbe.^ocUtioaTCe T^^' We have receive tbe o ii« r e s: New York. Petc ci ,t.g e3 ar« k ie robbsr iroportPd od t' P hh fi »o r«lto«: Tlm.^l 211 l '"S^i tien tire. limited to SS.' .'> A!] ot] m«nof.otor«,,
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    THE WAR IN SIBERIA.
    583 4 The Czech Commander. Oloranaya, Sept 5.- -Oenei I H Colonel Sementff General I General Paris, 0,,,..^; also the British, French and J.* Military attache, m amoeba J^ who ha,o arrived o::, re on :L^^° DS for a conferscce whiob General Q T Czech Commands, said be
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    86 4 A farewell dinner subscribed for the Eurasian end Chinef-e members the Mixed Platoon (HI 1 Malayuu Volunteer Infantry, Selargor. took place »t the Malayan Hotel, Eofvlfl Lumpur on I m honour of Priv.iH df WHf* top**** to join Hiß Mbs—ij'* FotCfi »'i lad" It was pointed not IhM WllB first
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    EXEMPTION TRIBUNAL.
    342 5 In tbc following cssf^, with the assent 0 ;be military r*prot- rut Uve, conditional txetnptioa h\ be; icfaattd without a log: E *tkkn Extension Australia and China Tblboe4Fß Co. 143 J B 'V.-oift C.ble Operator 4- F H Pfordren do Mb CL M >'(Ton do ;19 i: VL
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    THE ANDEE LEBON.
    170 5 Ezr.'ali^ncy the Governor has re ceivefl \h-i fo'lowirg letter from the Krtetor of (be Ma«tageri«i Maritimts, at Mtrteillei, thanking those who recderei :ance to th^ cii-w cf the steamer here. ErciJ'U^nce. Lfl CojninatiduLit de notre poquebot Andre L boa e^houe ;Ij\u9 les parages >i"c ditntJ !a nail
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    109 5 I M loila p'tper a great fire Tacloban, L yfce, recently, m oh property valued M more than 1 loifct Ci biab Birretto, I (Juirese uiovcbantj alone mp hvH rmtA property valued at r kha i P1, 000,000. ts Heuderaoij, formerly of lacatt 1 cUff m Singapore, is a m
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    GLOBE HOTEL MURDERS.
    318 5 ACCU3ED SENTENCED TO DEATH. The Globe Hotel mnrder trial WB9 conclu.lvd yasterd^y aftfcronoD, ufter n bearing laenDg seven ddy6 end during which no lees th-n seventeen witneoee^ gave evidence on b-half of the Crowr The accused Liang Ah L'efi, a Hokchia, it a arraigc t 2d on
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    GADANTRY IN THE FIELD
    164 5 A ipecial 6upplemcnj of t c London Qftsetta" ispn«d on Saturday, Sib July, 1918, glvei the following si.itemtrnt* of MCTic il lax which the Distinguished Service Order „v, r* warded on 4th Fobru*»y latt TLI J E HuLCock. Norfolk Regimant. For c kuapicoow gAllantC] aod deTOtioD
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    BIG FIRE IN KEDAH.
    81 5 Prom Our Own Correspondent Penaog, Oct l. A G'M :<??o ronsk^Dg cnutaining 1.600 drums oi petrol lyiog off the kerosene cil godov p ri Alot Sfar, caught fire, the petrel expkj s The longkuig bro^e AWftf from thooJ! irh rf and itrftndtd on v A Btmber
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    THE RUBBER POSITION.
    41 5 The Oversea* Committee cf the Rnbbcc AsFOCif> n of America has rtcnived the follown.g f. c 'legrnni. Allocation Oct Dec 25,000 f.-nq 76% of rubber from nny country 25% limited to rubber from Cuctral America and South America."
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    SEPOY LINES GOLF CLUB.
    44 5 Th 9 monthly mpdul foi Soplcmber wa c \roa by li H Oorsß^i Eight m^mbsra took ou* card of whish oaiy tw3 were relumed R H C;ir\et f. 1 45 12 B 4 H F Monk 45 4f> 2 88
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    152 5 The v lath fook place o r > 3rd inst. ?t hit reeiu'ice, Otik'!>nJ«>, Sc u'u Pethertoo, Soraer6'-' Df Vice Admiral CMpec Josrpb Buker. Ai coruaander 1 tarred for three yean m ihe P-rri'in Gulf m cemmaui cf tfce Sphinx, ami he wle ftfterwai:!?, as captain, m command succesahviH it
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    PROPERTY SALES.
    277 5 The following properties were disposed of by auction by Messrs Ching Keng Lee and Co, at their sale room on Monday afternoon. Tbeie was a large attendance of intending purchasers, the bi^o:n^a vtere brick and tb-; price obtained v<N g od. Freehold Land and hoube No 148 Beach
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    TIN SHIPMENTS ACROSS THE PACIFIC.
    432 5 In the course of a review of the tin outlook a writer m a financial contempor ary observes As to the position m the Straits S6ttle» mentp, it is very obicure. Pcivata ccrres pondeuce is tbr ot-ly source of direct ii'foimiUion, or;d evt-n fit Singapore
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    209 5 Anoihet of the flatly prfntad bookf of pietores litned from Country Life is p^rr, IV ol British Artists a!; :ha Crooti Brie Kenningtoa who iMpp'iea cbe picLur-26 had made fl ime for bi-iieelf as an arii^t he. for ir»r broke en*. He went to the Front m 19)1 is prira
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    RAFFLES LIBRARY.
    229 5 The following new books will be ready for issue on Tbureday, October Brd. Bereßford, J D, God's Counter point. Cheeney, G M, India Under Expert* tnent\ Conrad. Joseph, anJ F M Hu.ffar Romance. Dawson Scott, C A Waatralls. George, W L, A Noveliet on Novels. Gjellerup, Karl, Minna.
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    A REMARKABLE CASE.
    199 5 A remarkable incidents occurred recently m a Ceylon court. A man and a woman hnd been charged »vitk the murder of onother man, whose body, it wae alleged, bad been cut up, packed m a sack, and sunk m a river. The uncle ot the man gavo
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    INFLUENZA ON ESTATES.
    140 5 A Warning to Planters. Subsequently Ui tbe general meeting of the Negri Sembilaa P A. at Seremban oa Saturday. a ineetiDg of the Committee was held and the following warning to plan ton was promulgated The Ooirmutee of the Ne^ri Ssmbilan P A desire to Acquaint their
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    175 5 The Ne-heHan.l Indian Government haR declared Sin^npor^ ko ba an infected port on account; of pla^nc from 30 Sepc. A meeting of Coohioitef m Sinnripore will be L eld to morrow evtMiing (Tborfday) at 8 o'clock nt No 9, Kiik Terraoe m ordor to drtit a eoogratnlalorf raeasng* to be
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    Friday. Sept 27, 1918. GLOBE HOTEL MURDERS.
    823 6 Friday. Sept 27, 1918. GLOBE HOTEL MURDERS. WHAT W\S FOUND iT ACCUSEDS LODOING9. At the fifth Acs z^s yeeterday before Mr Justice Ebrtt-o furtbe- vidouco wqe heard m the Gleba H tol mardef c*s« m which the accused man. Li«n^ Ah Tee, a. Hok chift. Ib chargpj with *be murder
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    EXEMPTION TRIBUNAL.
    290 6 TUESDAY'S HEARING. GUTHRIE AND Co. The fallowing employee w^re gracted exemption whilst engaged m thdit present tm^ioynjenr: .T T Nicol Merchant ft John Robertson Jo r» J Hammond Mercantile* Aset. 7 ASK MucJorvild Chattered Acct, In ibfl following case no exemption was R-ante J 4 Ja Del PtLbertccn
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  • Correspondece.
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      MACHINE OK BRAIN SHORTHAND
      232 6 To the Editor Dear Sir It does not require much perepic&city to perceive that your cotres pendent Shortdicta is one of those interested m putting the eala of Dicta phones, otherwise he would undoubtedly Dot hfive iuaJe the rerx&rk that "equal, if not belter, satisfaction is
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      85 6 A fa'/ gt-own tigress was shot oq Sept 20th by Mr JAR Hendrika on the Kumuntiug LiUs. The animal b&d bren the cause of some anxiety m tbe neighboarhood. The TOM states -Jt is said thut tb« Bishop of Sii.gnpore recently pioacbed a ••erraon m rrp'y So recent criticisms on
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    RUBBER AND RUMOUR
    543 6 Free Preos article on Rubber and Etamonr the other day exolted eom^ comment. There wus even iudignatic:i m tome quarters, but that is a littia difficult to noderetftod. if report creak tiiii-^ 'i^ wrathful once were Ibose who am prona to lo«e thfir head-3 nrben the market
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    FRASER'S SHIRE REPORT
    294 6 Singapore, S pt 28. At prtteut there ie very little inclination to operate but the market; would require only Blight encouragement to stiff n prices all round. Mining shares are rather steadier this week but the volume of business is exceptionally email. The rubber pceition is ttbaut
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    17 6 The name of Mr A H Dickemon ia added to the Gommiiaion of the Peace for Singapore,
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    THE PRODUCE MARKET.
    136 6 LEWIS AND PEAT'S REPORT. Singapore, (D f Since the Anohoa, which w3re C o" B W <d on Bept P mb r 19* th- mST? be n lomewhal ineetWi daß tendency, prioi Thl-Weeki ly and the iBm« D d 46| for Prime Sta I matnl I F;no
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    GUTHRIE'S RUSHER REPORT.
    240 6 Singapore, Sppt 20. For the woeV;v Etabbec Auction which coromcnc-d Jtfterday, U>rt q-nntity catalogued wns anneal i.v Urge— l6B3 torn aiid, although buyers were fairly num. erous, the demai.d was scarcely Hiffi-ient to absorb the Rabbet offering, »r-l prioti are down ac compared wi'U U«( week. The
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    MACPHAIL'S SHARE REPORT.
    188 6 Another Dull Week. September 19 25. The Rubber position is more or less unchanged except that fur (October) the second month m succession the usual allotment of 2 000 tons to London has been eliminated The price of tin ie still fixed M until further notice and
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    SALESMAN CHARGED
    100 6 Before Mr Ham, third rnngi«tral yesteraday, a Mol»y named MMtl Mohamcd, a Mtofßdtii emplojed bf Ui RobiDfcon and Co, wbs cbnr^d witt makiDg falee •otrici In dthree separate d»Ut— M«J 80, and June B— ir re*peet of Ihrn valued at 5175, •I'JO B»d &175 I iveJy, theieby dcCtnoding
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    30 6 A marriage hr.* been «rr -n^d and w_ ■hortlytake place m «og«por« b f Mile Lea Monny, of Arc en-Barroi*. recently arrived by the French &•"> Mr Henry Lesser of Singapore
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    Saturday, Sept. 28, 1918.
    740 7 A Onzette Extraordinary prohibits fhe jo iP 3rt:tion into the Colony of parboiled lid txcopt under )ii>^ c;a. The amount of ttu uew 6j per of»nt loan etib^cribed up to Sept 19th wae 110,600 4'o rfl :b^r more thm half beiog mi n bearer A Te
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    EXEMPTION TRIBUNAL.
    348 7 WEDNESDAY'S HEARING. Asiatic Fetroleum Co. 1 P R Lewis Mercantile Asst. Ine above application H tood over for further consideration. Eastern Telegraph and Co. 218 EWDay Cable Operator Chartered vk. 69 J R George i. k Aaeietant 60 W McCull eh do 61 J Maxwell do 63 AT
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    PENANG NEWS
    128 7 from Our Own Oorrupondsni Petnog, Sepc 27. Mr Jattioa Sproule gavp judgment to day for dt-rendact m the. re! ion Sihbrlee V 3 WillitOQ Wirth ClreiM. Plaintififi had proved th« lady bed a tjreat shook but uot how the it jury wen iQtlaioad. The injury was caused durinfi
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    PROPERTY SALES
    62 7 The n^dsrraentioned Singßpor^ pro perties were sold by auction by th* Commerc.n! Rubber Co. on Wednesday afternoon Freehold bu'lcl!3g land al Tarjong Katong cfif Grove Ro^d, nrea 24 875 Fquare feet, bouKhfc by Mr Teo Kiru Sr.ru f oe %000. Freehold building land at Joo Chiat Road, ar^a
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    73 7 Mr R Cordon Parker, of Bukit Tek Allang Estnte, who evils for borne mxt week to join up. wag on Wednesday entertained to tiffin at the estate by a number of friends. Me A H Mn'imuttoo on behalf of the native staff presented Mr Parker with a handsomely mounted photo
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  • Correspondence.
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      STENOGRAPHY OR DICTAPHONE.
      277 7 To the Editor. Dear Sit,— Your leader of the 24th instant dealt with the ecarcity of shorthand typists, and I pointed cv that ihe Dictaphone can do much v provide expeditiously a bupply of clerks able to tarn out the correspondence of business houses etc. Therefore, whether
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      OVERSEAS CLUB
      233 7 To the Editor Sir, —What h\e aheady been written about the Ov>c,ew Club should be sufficient to convince nvy Briton of Imperial outlook of the advantage it would be to Sinßnoore to have a local branch. Muoy would doubtless ba glad to join if some one of standing
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      HOW TO SWELL " OUR DAY " FUND.
      345 7 HOW TO SWELL OUR DAY FUND. To the Editor Sir, k* Our Day* is approaching end it is tims tot every one to come for ward aod do his bit m this great; charitable Cfcu?e nod as we all know that bueine^s this yeor R»o«rm))y has not bean so bright
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    GLOBE HOTEL MURDERS.
    687 7 ACCUSED'S ALLEGED CONFESSIONS. At the fifth Assizas yesterday before Mr Justice Ebden the case for the prosecution was coccluded m th« Globe Hotel murder j ca*.B. iv wbich Liteg Ah Tee, a Hokchia ie charged wuh tue murder of Sarah Liebman and Emile Landau at the Globe
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    STABBING AFFAIRS
    218 7 Tbe police have received a report of a stabbing cat>e which occurred m Bali Line at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, when a Hokien coolie named Lim Seak, liviog at 45 Bali Lane, is alleged to have been attacked by five other Hokieua armed with knives, who slashed him
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    38 7 The total proceeds of the concert organised by Mr and Mrs Onbitt m aid of the Selangor Church Extension Fond amounted to f 1,186, oat of which 126, was deducted for expanses of lighting the hall* etc. f
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    THE WEEK'S WARRING.
    929 8 [Fha dates given ixre the- of the Ulegrams from Loudon Sept 16. Franco Serbians a. Jucli power ful Bulgarian positions, capturing the whole ou froiic of 15 kilometres, ltidudiz^g Veternik, Dabropclje and SLk:l. Li»rKO captures of prisoners ur.d gnn Metz Sablont, Aiainz and Ktrltruhl heavily bomb, d
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    THE MILITARY TRIBUNAL
    189 8 THURSDAYS HEARING Condition il certitleatoi cf fxomption Wfie grunted In the following Oftttl 8:5 J A Diitliie iJe*d Accountant, Fruscr and Neave 90 KW i hater Printer, Kelly and Wal*h Assistant. Commer cial Union Assur ance Co No certificates were granted m the folowing cu6es 51 HI
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    RUBBER STOCKS.
    127 8 We gather that the serious situation as I regards rubber stock* is becoming ao centuated by the fact that there has been a certain amount of bonrdiag on some eetntee, and this rubber is now being perfotce thrown on to tbe taarkdt, which ia thus loaded with a
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    MUAR RUBBER COMPANY.
    113 8 The annual report of the Muar Rubber for the year ended April 80 buows that the profit for the year amounted to $6,748 15, which the directore recommend to be carried forward to next account. The total number of trees m bearing on April 30 waa 16,400
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    101 8 Merchant sbippirg with British North Borneo ia 1917 incro«*ed by 85 608 tons over 1916 made up of .T^panete, 22.176, American 17 485. B N B 1707. British ani Sarawak tonnage showed a decrease of 12,751 tons. The decrease m British' shipping i« duf. to one vessel leas ou the
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    TOPICS OF THE WEEK.
    1048 8 Qu'xcquid nount homines cat farrago libelli Juvbj»ai. Before th«s ?.r»r b^-g^ri th<; Toptcifii wcu'd have bad lbs unqualified ppnrc of everyone outside Germany if he b»*d -.1 that dc mod am n>. r»n UfcO poL-or gas a:;J poisoned bu j, pub women asd cb.ldreu before it
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    "RUBBER POLITICS."
    488 8 With regard to rubber politico, Mr Noel Trotter, at the Bnnual meeting of Cber Boneee, remarkel that th* industry bad such a full and sympathetic Prett that fehrtreholdcra rauat be familiar with the fact that at the present time ibe position was dominated by the general i-h.utage of
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    91 8 Major (RCfclng Lieut Col) G Bail Thornhill, D s 0. R A foctnerly 0< kocg and later a Staff Officer to the .mdrb pore Volunteer Corpi, had been mentioi m despatches from ItaW The paper scare v lotl not have greatly affected tba B N 1 men* Printing Ofll-v.f><» v
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    MUNICIPAL COMMISSION.
    3375 9 E\ BUSY MEETING Improvement and Housing Commission. ioAT> meeting of the Municipal Oonmfttttoneri wti held iv the board N 11 1 J d iy, th^re being m attendance |b< P* lident (Me W Pael), Mp^re RoUod Braddell, T .V Lowtber K<;mp, A. W Bun W Simi J4. Btiai
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    107 9 Tb« toon*] general meeting of the Slrai^ Chinese Recrtfttioo L'luS vas bald at iliKi Ciob hcnse on Tbartdaf evening. The following gtctiemeL v^ere elected Offien bi-cirerfi for tbe POtoio^ year. Preside 'it Mr S J Chan, Vie F3 President Mr Tan Kv^e Wah Jo'.nS Hon Sac:
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    29 9 According to the Gazette the Cuo-t^red Bank has abont #87,000 of ltd notes iv circulation m the Colony an the Hongkoog Bank 176, 0C0. (Wheru are they, we wonder.)
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    Monday, Sept. 30, 1918.
    808 10 Mr D N Sherson, of TaDJong Malira, has obtained a commission m the Indian Array. The telegrams from Peking show that the movement m favour of a reconciliation between North and South is gathering strength daily. Official despatches show that Italy has contributed 125/00 tons cf
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    GLOBE HOTEL MURDERS.
    558 10 CASE FOR THE DEFENCE. The concluding stages of the Globe Hotel murder ciee were reached on Saturday at the fifth Assizes before Mr Justice Ebden. No less than seventeen witnesses have given evidence for the prof ecution. Mr A de Mello for the defence contended that the
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    FUKIEN INDUSTRIAL HOMES
    166 10 Two representatives of the Christian Herald (Mew York) Fukien Industrial Homes were sent to Malaya to solicit assistance for the Home's which have for over nine years been responsible for the Bi:pport of 200 needy and destitute children m Fukien. Their work met with generous recognition from
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    144 10 Before Mr W Lmghara Carter m the district court, an ladiuo named Abdu! Hsmid was charged with the theft of two sets of brafs engine fittiog-j valued at 350, *he property of a Chinese named C!ian Ngi Bt>e. The accused, who admitted eeveral previous convictione, vtub teutenc ed fco t*^o
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    LATE MR A F COMRIE
    445 10 In tbe Mflff etrate*B Court at Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, Mr A. W Just conducted an inquiry into the cause of death of the late Mr Alec F Comrie, who, io the morning of Saturday September 21sfc, was found dead m the garden of No
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    St. JOSEPH'S INSTITUTION.
    109 10 The Scholarships of the above Institu tion for the year 1918 have been awarded as follows The Senior Class. I. The Diamond Jubilee Scholarship (awarded on thd results of the Cambridge Senior Eiiimination, 1918.) Kenneth Seth. 11. Schlatships awarded on the results of the Cambridge Junior Examination,
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    PLANTER'S MEDICAL GUIDE
    93 10 PLANTER 'S MEDICAL GUIDE The second edition of Dr E N Graham's bandy little book having the above title only confirms sbe impreetion of the first that it is a most useful publication for estate managers and those who have the control of bodies cf labourers. Tae language is simple
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    CEYLON COMPANY TO BUY ESTATES IN THE F M S.
    133 10 Tha firafc publication of the Memorandum and Articles of Association of a new local Company, to ba called the Molvill SolaDgor) Rubber Co, Ltd." appears m a recent Ceylon Government Gazette." Tbe flr^t object cf the Company ia to purchase
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    UNITED ENGINEERS.
    245 10 The following i 9 the dir<c;or*' rtMH be presented at the annual rae*i n tft k held oo October 9 at noon at Gr hft Houae, Bitter? Hoad. o^aha* After allowing for tb<s f oca of d!rr C t nr auditora and debenture trustees making full allowance for
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    TO CEYLON VIA AMERICA.
    370 10 Mr H French, Director oni Manager, Colombo Stores, Limited, who r^c^ntly returnei from England wirh Mrs French, travelled via America, ftayi the Ceylon Tiroes. Leaving Waterloo on the 30th of May, thoy embarked at the Southampton on one of the converted Canard liners. 47,000 tons grogs.
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    MOKE WOODEN SHIPS.
    85 10 The Tientsin Branch of Messrs Brossard Mopin and Co are dow building ill large wooden veßsela of 8 000 tor.= d?aJweighc ut their Hsiu Ho yard near Tientsin. The keels of four were luic down some three month 9 B<*o, and we are iefcrm^d that the last
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    KEPPEL GOLF CLUB
    56 10 The competition for the Captuin -i PrlM WM ccmpletf-d on Sunday And r*i v w'n for L J Wisbart with 3 no The following were the be£t -cc^s J LWitbart S "P H T Wh'te SI m H J Jones 1 m J Kennedy 1 <• J
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    63 10 Sayß a London paper:— M' Campbell, who resides Kingdom I bas been selected as fbe prospective Unionist candidate at the next election ot the Kingston Division of Surrey. Campbell, who ifl a barrister, will be remembered as a resident m Siara for eorae three years, and is the author ol
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    Tuesday, October I, 1918.
    815 11 Mr A B de Witt, of the Traffic Manager's Office, F M S Railways, and of the. M V I will be leaving on Oct Ist to LLt Imperial Fiiroea. MrTB Winfleld of the E3Btern E*tenii< >h Company, who U proce-d r.ai r ;:i trau^er, |«f|
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    GLOBE HOTEL MURDERS.
    756 11 ACCUSED ON HIS CONFESSION." At t>jo Oftb aMftSet yesterday before Mr Joetice Ebden evidence for the defence were Leard m the Globe Hotel raurd.r case, tbe accused bizing LiaoK Ah Tee, v Hokchia, who was fihargwd with tbe mur of Sirßh L,iebra*n and Emile Lbtduu al lbs
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    NINE EMPLOYEES CHARGED.
    148 11 No loss tb»n niao of Messrs Robio6on aud Co' 6 employees— fl/e Chinese, our Eurnsi^u and threa Malays— were yesterday charged before Mr Hatn, third m\Kistrate, m connection with tUe recent diejovery cf a tyetam of f and which baa deprived the firm of a coat-iiierablo Bum
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    40 11 Mr E3mund rrelawary Bickbouse, Piofeoaor of Chiaese, X ng's College, London, and formerly well koowo re eidenc of Peking, eaceedd to the bar jnetcy on tae death of hie fither Sir Jonthan Backhouse, baokur, waicb took place on July 27th.
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    EXEMPTION TRIBUNAL.
    180 11 FRIDAY'S HEARTS' i. la tbr fo! jv, i; -y Crtsj-i conditional car 1 flcAtes of exemption ware granted. 46 JQC*ropb< I Advocate k Solicitor 1 <* A Ciif ney Xi z ttros 139 W F Rjbeit4 ttenaget, Slcaitl M .\v.v Otki iff 14*3 H J Foagfrq o«>n»i U
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    49 11 Me C Philipptoo, 4nistttDt, Trading Company UolUnd," u^k^ v.< to itata tbj»i the (iecirijn o( tue Excmptiou Tribunal m hi.; case was one month's time allow.'? I»j the li«| m jeciterday's p»par, as offloially Bupplied la us, !ig appnrtre.l n« one of thoea to wham "no certifljtttes WBtt granted
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    FOOTBALL.
    205 11 CLUB vs HARBOUR BOAHD. A gTalie^p .Ira;.- was a fair representation of rluj gonerul run of play m l ch last evening between the S C 0 ai:u the S H B Thrre wa« a large auJ e:ithu^i:it»iio hUhm d*uce of fiptctiitorH laoideotl of interest wait* always cropping uj
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    THE VETERANS' ASSN.
    144 11 The following communication has been received by Lady EveJyn Youog from Mejor Artbuc fl u-yird Ch^rnmn of Mauagemanc CommiMfte of Thh V#t emus' Association acknowledging wrh tfrnrefui thanka the receipt of v drafc lot £100 kindly collected by Mrs htrbUhire for a Bedroom to be Darned The
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    REGIMENTAL SPOUT.
    88 11 Three matches were played by the Maochester Rf«t last week. On Wodoe*d»y crickeC makcb was pU\-d at Blikin Mali »|»init tba R G A. The r^-ults wei -a Mancbcstf it* 118 for 9 and ROA '^9 nil our. The result a *\t football match of Tannin on Thorfdaj
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    60 11 Tcf» Rev Brother Jimes, wbo is ia cbar^Hof (he Sobuolu belonging to Christian I> i 'her- throughout the East has paid vM:s to 81 P«nt*l Ju-Litution Seremban ■■■r..~ St Jjhu's lubtitutH-u Kaala Lumpur, la fach case inspecting the school's cadet corpH, and epeaking ou ibe leasona to be derived from
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    NOTICES TO MARINERS
    130 11 Infartnation has been r* -rived that to ty« lOQtfa cf E'n^^n I i<" iwn n eta h«vr. h tri found i i lac. 080 (Q s, long 131.6.13 12, and Up. 0.18.5S S long 131 630 E. probablj oarrylng U I than two fathoms of water. The
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    WEDDING IN PENANG.
    313 11 Th« wedding took plaea m St AQt 7 .raw f e PrG^hyter-ian Ghttrch, Penang, on Friday, ♦bo ttsv JA B Cook of re, otliciatirj* cf Me William Henry Vaughan Smith, p^ao^r, Rungkup E.^fitr, n Datoh, eldest eon of Mr W H Vaughan Smith, of S,.utb CliiDH, Rnd
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    SHIPBUILDING RESULTS.
    189 11 Lord Pirries Report. Lcacon, August 9th.— Lotd Pirrie, the CoDtiollet of Merchant Shipbuilding m Britain, says that there are 240 separate ehipbuildicg, repairing find marine engineering establishments under the control of his department. An improved method of synchronieiog the construction of hulls and mßchiunry hat resulted m a
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    F. M. S. TIN COMMISSION.
    82 11 Tbere was a 6teady stitam cf visitors into Ipoh during the week, including several Europeans ioterc-s-t-d In miuiog who gp.ve evidence before She Tin Mining Commission, which tut iv Ip.jh from Mond jv to Thursday. The C^mmieeioo temporarily tu*pendcd its enqu'.rieß m Perak on Thursday
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    98 11 In oae Pacific island at J#m*| Mr Huijhee* new **erpion of ibo Mm roe doctriot will be welcomed. Smu. has no denim for the return of German Mile. Ste* vensDD to!d (In that Footnote to History which fens never been allow jo to enter Germany) how by lying, trick ty,
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    TELEGRAMS.
    113 12 [By Submarine Gtble] IlUiiter'i Sarrioa] Washfnjiton, Sapt 24.— The House of Representatives has approved of the meafeurtt making national prohibition effective en July 1. 1919. The Senate has already passed the measure. The House of Rspresentativeg rejected an amendment permuting the importitnn of wines until Miy 1. The importation
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    WAR ON THE SEA
    330 12 London, Sspfc 26. Tha Admiralty aa noanccs that the Bilisli and allied nentral merchant tonnage eut»k last moufca UugusO w-19 327 676 tons of which the British was approximately 176,000 and oth^c nationalise! 151, C00. Steamships txcaeding 600 gross tons entering uud leaving the Uni'.ed KiugJom
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    330 12 The new ObinttM 1 M C A building, 71 Bridgo3 Sfcrea'K, Hongkong, is to be formally opened by H E the Officer Admini^teting the Government on Oct 10. Sir Fmucia Ajjlen, Inspector General cf Ctißtoma, h'iB lefc Poking for Cauada for short, leive. Dutin^ h;a ibtMOt, the InepecfcorAts General will
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    WAR IN AIR
    698 12 London, Sep(23. The Admiralty Btntep Between the 12th and 2155 met, Air Force coutingenta attached to tie navy made four raids on Bruges docks, dropping eight tone of bomb 3. They also successfully bombed five aerodromes and m air fighting de&ticyed e!x enemy machines Rtid drove down
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    116 12 Mr W ll ay, tbe well bsowc big g-rr.o shoe, is \a hospital Buffsring from cun stroke. (M ftf Capt Sydney Smith is back from ludia lie E N T Onmmins h:is returned iron Madras. (M M). Mr W J Gallagher, of the General Babher CoLnpHny, i.9 phortly goicg on
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    WESTERN FRONT
    7571 12 London, Sepf. i4 Field Marshal Haig saya t\ Buccss^fa! operation was carried out this morning m cooperation with the French iv the Saint Quentin eector. The English attacked at dawn over a four mile front from tha neighbourhood of Omigcy river south. Gcoi progress was m;*.de on the
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    EASTERN FRONT
    4071 14 Paris, Sept 24.— A wito from Vl, i( j says a conference attended by vv tQv bers of the AlMttmian Constil«^ f.rably is beir u h-d R .V. B rolntionaty l< ou.i Paaloff, P' CzcbCout,ac the forrjQfi'ioo if h Government™ Conitttnenl 4ei m Siberian Dam-. G 11 -k
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    WAR NEWS
    3355 16 Amsterdam, Sept 24. Chancellor Hert Hog, m hia speech at the opening of the Main Committee of the Reichstag, said Yon ore aware that deep or discontent prevails m wide circles of the population dud to the terrible war pressure consequent oo sufferings and deprivations, bat if the
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